Sources: IOL
Mali cuts all diplomatic relations with Ukraine for providing intelligence to Tuareg rebels that enabled them to ambush and kill large numbers of Wagner Group mercenaries and Malian troops. 2024-08-4
German Catholic priest Hans-Joachim Lohre, who disappeared in Bamako, Mali, in November 2022 and was presumed kidnapped, is released and returns to Germany. 2023-11-26
Two people are killed and five others are wounded in a mortar attack on Timbuktu, Mali, by jihadist insurgents. The city remains under siege by insurgents with reports of food, petrol and medicine shortages. 2023-09-22
A report by Amnesty International citing other organizations says that an increasing number of children are being killed and abducted as the conflict in Niger, mainly in the Tillabéri Region, worsens near the border with Mali and Burkina Faso. The report says that "a generation is growing surrounded by death and destruction" and denounces "gross abuses" by ISIL and Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. The report urges the government and international partners to "take action". 2021-09-13
A French Foreign Legion soldier dies at a military hospital in Paris, after being wounded in an IED blast, while conducting an operation against Islamist insurgents in Mali. 2020-05-2
At least 15 Tuaregs are killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group (Fulani) attack their village in northern Mali, according to local authorities. 2018-09-26
Mali returns two people France deported on the same planes they arrived on. 2016-12-30
Malian forces arrest two men in their early 30s linked to a cell phone found at the scene of last week's deadly hotel attack. No details are provided on what their exact role was. 2015-11-27
The government of Mali opens talks with Tuareg separatists in the hopes of reaching a ceasefire agreement. 2013-06-8
Tuareg Rebellion (2011–present): Tuareg rebels capture the fourth Malian town in a week. 2012-01-26